Article in the April 21, 1997 issue of the Library of
Congress Information Bulletin describing the deacidification
program at the Library of Congress.
Mass Deacidification
Report : Introduction. December 1994.
Provides overview of a two-part Action Plan that was approved
by Congress. Each part is documented by separate reports listed below.
Mass Deacidification Report:
DEZ Process Evaluation. October 1994. In the summer of 1992, the U.S. Congress approved a Library of
Congress (LC) Action Plan aimed at refining the diethyl zinc (DEZ)
mass deacidification process and assisting in the development of
other deacidification processes. This report deals with the DEZ phase
of the two year initiative. It describes the progress achieved in
this effort and recommends changes that should be considered in any
future application of the DEZ process.
Mass Deacidification Report:
Bookkeeper Process Evaluation. September 1994. Report from the Technical Evaluation Team established
by the Library of Congress to evaluated the Bookkeeper deacidification
process. Report includes testing methods and reports from
individual team members.